Ancient Times -- A Kid's Guide to Belize's Altun Ha

Anglický jazyk

Ancient Times -- A Kid's Guide to Belize's Altun Ha

Vydavateľstvo: Bellissima Publishing
Rok vydania: 2018
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 216 x 216 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781614773092

Na objednávku, dodanie 2-4 týždne

16.28 €

bežná cena: 18.50 €

O knihe

Altun Ha is located in Rockstone Pond Village, in Belize in Central America. If you want to learn more about the ancient Mayans¿ culture beliefs and traditions, you can visit Altun Ha where the Mayans left traces of their culture and lives. The Mayans had many social rituals, and they studied mathematics and the heavens. And, no, they were NOT decedents of aliens from the sky, as one may believe from studying their skeletal remains. The upper classes actually altered their appearances by placing their infants' skulls between two boards, making the boards tighter and tighter each day until the skulls were reshaped to the desired cone-head shape effect, giving a

new found meaning to the phrase, "the turning of the screws".
Use this 'learn to read¿ book written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and complemented with the photographs of John D. Weigand, to practice your reading skills though word recognition, word repetition and rhyme. You can also travel vicariously through the pages of this book and see things a kid would notice and see as they traveled to this place. And when you are finished, don¿t miss the free music video that goes with this book that you can find on Bellissimavideo¿s YouTube Channel!